I good friend of mine asked me to quilt this for her. We had a hard time getting my quilting frame level. The tracks had chips in them so it wouldn't move smoothly. I ended up doing an all over meander and tried outlining the deer and trees. Is not my best work :-(
This is a quilt that I made with left overs from my son's quilt. I followed this tutorial,
The Houndstooth Quilt- Quilting Made Easy!: https://youtu.be/dc4u94lVYac
She explains it so well. It was very easy to follow. I had a hard time finding a backing fabric that matched. I ended up with these little monster things. Lol. They're kinda cute! I played around with the quilting as you can see in the picture but ended up stitching in the ditch. I was in a hurry to finish it. Lol.
My mom sent me a picture of this quilt and said that she really liked it. She said if I ever had the time she'd like to have one like it. Well, I saved it to my phone and decided I would make it for her for christmas last year. She was so surprised that I made it. Lol. She said she even forgot all about sending me the picture. A few tears later and a big hug....love you mom!
I made this quilt for a friend of mine that helped our family out when my son and I had surgery. She quilts also and didn't expect this! I took her shopping with me and told her that I was making a quilt for my mother and needed help picking out fabric. She pretty much picked out all of the fabric for this quilt. Lol I made my own jelly roll with the fabric. Lots of fun! I just love surprising people with gifts like this.
I've made one quilt each so far for my kids. This is the one my son picked out. I let him pick the fabric and choose the quilting (which is a large meandering). This one was pretty simple and all that camo made it easy to hide my mistakes. 😉
Lol. Funny name for a quilt huh? Lol. My kids named it that because one of the prints looks like it has weed on it. It doesn't. I think it's a type of fern maybe? Lol. Well I bought all of the green (other than the border) at a garage sale. I had to have a major surgery last year and had all of this fabric cut before hand but not pieced together yet. Since I couldn't get up and move around I hand pieced all of these blocks together. I don't think I will be doing that again. It was nice at the time because I felt like I was being productive. I ended up sewing on the border after I was all healed up. I quilted it on my gracie frame and gifted it to my lovely mother in law. It it's definitely a one of a kind. This was my first attempt also at using tissue paper to transfer a design. It worked out alright but I don't think I'll be doing that again. I did not like picking all of those tiny pieces of tissue paper off of my quilt. The pattern turned out ok though. 😉 I can't say I hate this quilt. It was quite a journey making it. I will always remember what I was going through when I see it. Do you have projects that you feel the same about? Almost all of my projects bring me memories of something. It's like looking through a scrapbook but not at pictures. Only quilts. 💕
This was made along with the memory bear and wheelchair memory quilt for the same family. I used all of the clothing except for the back of the quilt. That fabric was purchased. I added a few personal touches as requested and the recipient loved it. These items are hard to make not because the are physically hard but because they are emotionally hard to make. I didn't know the person that passed but I did know the daughter of that person. Regardless of who it's being made for, it still gets to me. It's a sad time making these but worth it in the end when I see the faces of those receiving them.
This little guys body was made with a loved ones clothing. I also took one of the shirts and made his pajamas out of it. I personalized it by putting the loved ones'name on the bottom of it's feet.
I made this for a young lady who lost her grandfather. It was made completely out of his clothing. I added the salmon colored pocket on top from one of his dress shirts for a spot for her to put her phone. She loved it. It's so sad when we lose a loved one. I'm glad there are things like this that help us remember the ones that are no longer with us.
This was the first quilt I ever free motion quilted and made for myself. It is not perfect at all. I'm glad though. How boring would it be if we were great right from the beginning? No fun at all if you ask me. I bought a machine quilting frame during the time I was quilting this beast and ended up finishing it on that. The machine that came with the frame was my Babylock Quilter's Choice Professional. I no longer use the frame but I do still use the machine. It quilts beautifully. I have it set into my old kitchen table which is now my sewing table. It is really a dream to quilt with. 💕 I also own a Husqvarna Viking Opal 650 that I piece with. Both machines are great. Maybe one day I'll own a high end longarm frame and machine but for now, I'm sticking with these two. ☺
